Track-bed construction.



N0. 782,998. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

.P. M. TURNER. TRACK BED CONSTRUCTION.

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Patented Februaryfzl, 1905.

PATENT OEETCE.

FRANK M. TURNER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TRACK-BED CONSTRUCTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,998, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed August 22, 1904. Serial No. 221,664.

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, FRANK M. TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of lVlontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Track-Bed Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in track-bed constructions.

My invention is more especially designed for use in connection with street-railways, and has for its object the production of a construc tion whereby the ordinary T-head rail may be used to serve the purposes of the flanged-head rail, which is more expensive, but which has heretofore been more commonly used.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction that will be strong, durable, eflicient, and permanent and one whose parts will be simple and inexpensive to construct.

ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated in the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of one of the rails of a track, showing a portion of the track-bed and my improved construction applied thereto. Fig. 2 is-a transverse sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of my stretcher-bricks, and Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of one of my filler-bricks.

The invention resides more especially in the construction and arrangement of the bricks.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the filler-brick, which is formed with vertical side walls 2 and 3 and inclined end walls 4 and 5, which taper from the vertical side wall 2 inwardly toward the side wall 3. The brick is slightly rounded on the line of intersection between the inclined ends 4 and 5 and the side By so constructing and forming the brick and making it of the required length when placed with its wall 3 in contact with the web 7 of the rail 8 it will completely fill the space between the head 9 and the flange 10, the inclination of the ends being such that the lower end l will restflush upon the flange 10, while the upper end will engage under the head 9 and project some distance therefrom. The brick is placed upon the inner side of the web 7 and is abutted by the stretcher-brick 11, which has the angular corner 12 alining with the inclined face 5 of the brick 1 and extending at an obtuse angle upwardly therefrom. The upper surface of the brick 11 lies flush with the level of the track-bed, which 1 have shown in the drawings constructed of blocks 13, which rest, together with the brick 11, upon grouting or similar material, (indicated at 14 in the drawings.) The block 13 next-adjacent the outer side of the rail is disposed so that its side lies flush with the head 9 of the rail, and the space lying between the said block and the web 7 is preferably filled with cement, as shown at 15. It will be readily seen that the flange of the car-wheel is accommodated by the angular groove formed by the inclined end 5 of the brick 1 and the angular corner 12 of the brick 11. Of course it is to be understood that the bricks and the construction described are applied to the rails on both sides of the track and upon the inner and adjacent faces thereof.

My bricks have all the advantages of the flanged-head rail commonly used and can be used with considerably less expenditure than the said flanged-head rail.

The bricks may be suitably formed of any one of the many materials now employed and are preferably molded in form.

I do not wish to limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth, as I may make various changes in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now fully described my invention,

,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a T-head rail, of a filler-brick disposed in contact with the inner side of the rail and extending from the baseflange to the tread, and a stretcher-brick disends, and a stretcher-brick having a beveled posed in contact with the upper portion of the corner alined With the upper inclined end of filler-brick and extending to the top of the the filler-brick.

latter whereby a groove adjacent the innerside FRANK M. TURNER. 5 of the head of the rail is formed. In presence of 2. The combination with a T-head rail, of a A. J. HAMMEL,

filler-brick having inclined upper and lower THOMAS B. HERRMAN. 

